Introduction

Customers can use the Transport Management module to plan and optimize their in-house transport requirements of goods within the same plant from a source to a destination in pseudo-real-time, whereby "pseudo-real-time" in conjunction with this module means a maximum time delay of ten seconds. The module offers Customers the option of merging their in-house transport requirements in the module and of optimally distributing goods among the transport vehicles available, even if they are heterogeneous fleets (Milk Runs, forklift trucks, Automated Guided Vehicles from different manufacturers).

The module is suitable for Milk Runs. In addition, it is possible to use the module for forklift trucks, whereby the specific purpose of use must be agreed between Bosch and the Customer, in order to clarify whether the module is suitable for the Customer’s purpose.

Finally, the Transport Management module in combination with the AGV Transport Orders module is, in principle, suitable for Automated Guided Vehicles from different manufacturers. Transport orders are sent to control panels for the Customer’s Automated Guided Vehicles via the AGV Transport Orders module interface. If Customers do want to use the AGV Transport Orders module, it must be agreed whether the AGV Transport Orders module interface is suitable for the respective manufacturer and the specific type of Automated Guided Vehicle.

The Transport Management module includes the following features:

Customers can use the AGV Transport Orders module (in the following "module") to plan their in-house transport requirements of goods within the same plant from a source to a destination in near-real-time. The module offers Customers the option of merging their in-house transport requirements in the module and of distributing goods among the transport vehicles available, even if they are heterogeneous fleets (Automated Guided Vehicles from different manufacturers). The module is intended for AGVs. In principle, the module is ultimately also suitable for Milk Runs and forklift trucks. This requires the Transport Management module to be acquired beforehand. Transport orders are sent to control panels for the Customer’s Automated Guided Vehicles via the module interface. If the Customer does want to use the module for AGVs, it must be agreed whether the module interface is suitable for the respective manufacturer and the specific type of Automated Guided Vehicle.

The following control panels for AGVs are currently connected to the module:

The module includes the following features:

The Stock Management module is used to visualize, organize, and manage the internal material storage and flow in the manufacturing process. The module offers Customers the flexibility to create real supermarkets with pseudo-real-time monitoring of current stocks whereby "pseudo-real-time" in conjunction with this module where the delay depends on the Customer network connection. The Customer can create and modify the digital representation of the supermarket in the production environment storage area under the supermarket tab in the Portal. All the operations on the storage area of production environment gets updated and can be visualized on the supermarket feature from the Web Portal.

The Customer can create and manage supermarket modules digitally with various types of configurations, lane assignments and storage strategies of materials. The lanes can be also restricted to specific quantities, unit loads, Kanban control cycles and material types.

Finally, various access roles can be provided to the Users based on the permissions assigned to use various features of the Stock Management module. The default configuration of the roles can be modified in the Nexeed Multitenant Access Control module. Customers can assign roles to Users for using the Stock Management module in the Multitenant Access Control module, for which Bosch has provided predefined default roles (administrator, default user and user with read access rights)

The Stock Management module includes the following features: